It's All about Student Learning : Managing Community and Other College Libraries in the 21st Century

by Dowell, David R.

• ISBN13: 9781591581499
• ISBN10: 1591581494
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-30
• Publisher: Libraries Unltd Inc

Summary

Very often in the operation of two-year and other small academic libraries there are common issues and concerns. Librarians working in such institutions take the opportunity to share current thinking on such topics as managing change, accreditation standards, auxiliary roles and responsibilities on the campus, marketing library services, collection development, personnel issues, cooperation with other institutions, coping with technology, and a host of unusual problems.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Part I. Indispensable: A Quality Staff: Organized, Inspired, and Right for the Job
1. Organizational Structure of Library/Learning Resource Centers	3	(18)
Michael D. Rusk
2. Managing Motivation	21	(12)
W. Jeanne Gardner
3. Human Resources Functions in the Two-Year College Library	33	(14)
Eric E. Palo and Kathy L. Petersen
Part II. Understanding Students: Making Them Aware that the Library Can Help Them
4. Virtual Reference and Web-Based Expert Sites: Appealing to Students in an Information-Rich, Demand Driven Society	47	(20)
Brandi Porter
5. New Demographics Mean New Services	67	(10)
Christine C. Godin
6. If Online Education is a Shifting Playing Field, What Position Should Community College Librarians Play?	77	(14)
Linda Reeves and Celita DeArmond
Part III. Marketing and Promoting the Message: Please Come In; We're Friendly
7. Improving Communication Skills	91	(10)
John Stanley
8. Seeing the Library in the Broader Context on Campus: Marketing Our Services	101	(22)
Rashelle Karp
9. Marketing the Learning Resource Center at Kankakee Community College: A Case Study	123	(140)
Donna J. Smith
Part IV. Working and Sharing Together: Joining Forces for the Common Good
10. Joint-Use Libraries: Issues and Models	135	(10)
Lyn "Mimi" Collins and William Duncan
11. Cooperative Management Issues in a Multitype Library Consortium	145	(12)
Sharon D. Jenkins
12. Alphabet Soup: What Does It Spell?	157	(30)
Mary M. Carr
Part V. Keeping Steps Ahead through Planning, Managing, and Keeping the Collections Productive; Ideas about Buildings
13. Long-Range Planning: A Viewpoint on an Essential Process	187	(10)
Patricia Vierthaler
14. An Analysis of the Collections at JFK Library: A Case Study	197	(30)
Robert Kelly
15. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design: New Technologies that Simplify Building Management	227	(14)
Gerard B. McCabe
Part VI. Controlling the Fiscal Reality: Policies Can Solve Problems
16. Budgeting: Moving from Planning to Action	241	(12)
David R. Dowell
17. If It Isn't Written, It Doesn't Exist: Creating a Library Policy Manual	253	(10)
Shelley Wood Burgett
Part VII. Town and Gown Together: A Bibliographic Essay
18. Leadership Issues for Community College Librarians	263	(28)
Rashelle Karp
Appendices
1. Assessment of Library Resources and Services as Part of the College Program Review Process	291	(4)
Andrine J. Haas
2. Laptop Use Policy: Montana State University Great Falls Campus Library	295	(6)
Sheila Bonnand
3. The College Hill Library—Westminster, Colorado	301	(4)
Warren Taylor
4. Some Recent Buildings	305	(2)
David R. Dowell and Gerard B. McCabe
5. Office Supplies: Marketing Your Library	307	(2)
David R. Dowell and Gerard B. McCabe
6. Architectural Features	309	(4)
Gerard B. McCabe
7. Strategic Plan Bibliography	313	(6)
Francis G. Kuykendall
8. AACC Position Statement on Library and Learning Resource Center Programs	319	(2)
9. MiraCosta College Library and Information Hub Oceanside Campus	321	(4)
Joseph Moreau
10. Planning Chart	325	(10)
David R. Dowell
Index	335	(6)
About the Editors and Contributors	341